Eutelsat Communications one
of the leading global
satellite operators, and
Télécoms Sans Frontières
(TSF), a unique NGO
specialising in emergency
telecommunications, have
renewed their partnership
agreement initiated in 2007.
The extension of the
agreement and future
collaboration was discussed
today at Eutelsat’s Paris HQ
by Rodolphe Belmer, Eutelsat
CEO, Jean-François Cazenave,
TSF Chairman and Monique
Lanne-Petit, TSF Director.

TSF: active in more than 70
countries for over 800
humanitarian organisations

Based in Pau, France, and
also operating from bases in
Mexico and Thailand, TSF is
a non-governmental
organisation dedicated to
facilitating critical
communications services in
emergency situations when
terrestrial networks are
disenabled, and also to
providing links in extremely
remote areas. Within 24
hours of a crisis TSF can be
on the scene anywhere in the
world to set up
telecommunications centres
and the IT equipment
required for crisis units,
with satellite at the core
of the robust technologies
deployed. Since its
foundation in 1998, TSF has
intervened in more than 70
countries, supporting the
work of over 800
humanitarian organisations.

Ten years of partnership

The solid partnership
nurtured with Eutelsat over
almost 10 years enables TSF
to leverage the satellite
resources and technology of
a global operator to
establish resilient and
immediately available
connectivity in areas
requiring disaster relief.

Eutelsat’s support of TSF’s
missions has stepped up with
the migration crisis in
Europe and the Middle East.
In order to meet increased
need for connectivity by
humanitarian organisations
working in the field,
including Save the Children,
UNICEF, Médecins Sans
Frontières and Oxfam, a
dozen satellite dishes have
been set up in seven refugee
centres in Greece, Serbia
and Macedonia. Satellite
broadband terminals that are
easily transported by air
and set up on-site in just a
few minutes have enabled
more effective
information-sharing between
NGOs and improved
cooperation with
stakeholders further
afield.